Tracy Wong is a well-known Chinese-American writer. But her writing ___36___ was something she picked up by herself. After her first ___37___, teaching disabled children, she became a part-time writer for IBM. ___38___, writing stories was simply a ___39___ interest. Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher(出版商). ___40___, they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long ___41___ and paid Tracy a $50,000 advance. “A pretty money,” said the publisher, “for ___42___ writer. ”
___43___ Tracy’s characters(人物) are interesting, her stories sometimes ___44___ readers uneasy: those about the supernatural. “My mother believed I could ___45___ the afterlife world,” she told a close friend. “She used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago. ”
“Can I? I don’t think I can,” Tracy said with a laugh. “But I do have ___46___when things come to me ___47___. ” Once, she was wondering how to complete a ___48___ set in ancient(古代的) China. ___49___the doorbell rang. It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese ___50___. It came without her having ___51___it.
Though she has published 10 books, Tracy has remained ___52___ by her fame. She lives in the same ___53___ ___ she lived 27 years ago — although in a more comfortable home. There
s more room for ___54___in her life ’t just ___55___.
36. A. skill     B. experience  C. practice      D. method
37. A. duty     B. effort  C. job     D. task
38. A. Instead B. Normally   C. Certainly    D. Then
39. A. general B. deep   C. personal     D. lively
40. A. Interested     B. Anxiously   C. Seriously    D. Encouraged
41. A. film     B. story   C. program     D. article
42. A. a foreign      B. a popular    C. an unusual  D. an unknown
43. A. Now that     B. Even though     C. Just because       D. Except that
44. A. find      B. turn    C. leave   D. hold
45. A. make up      B. connect with      C. control       D. explain
46. A. events   B. chances      C. feelings      D. moments
47. A. for no reason       B. from a distance        C. by accident D. as gifts
48. A. description   B. pointing     C. scene  D. talk
49. A. Surprisingly B. Suddenly    C. Expectedly D. Fortunately
50. A. cooking       B. history       C. play    D. medicine
51. A. known  B. sent    C. realized      D. ordered
52. A. unchanged   B. excited       C. determined D. unmoved
53. A. life       B. city     C. house  D. way
54. A. success B. work   C. joy     D. variety
55. A. writing B. reporting    C. luck    D. fun